- Abduction! by Peg Kehret (suspense)
- All Hallow's Eve by Vivian Vande Velde (rl=7.5) (suspense/horror)
- All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn (rl=4.5) (ghosts)
- Attack of the Vampire Weenies by David Lubar
- Baby-sitting is a Dangerous Job by Willo Davis Roberts (rl=6.9) (suspense)
- Bernie Magruder & the Bats in the Belfry by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (rl=5.8)
- The Best Halloween Ever by Barbara Robinson (rl=5.4) (humor)
- Bloody Horowitz by Anthony Horowitz
- The Bodies in the Bessledorf Hotel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (rl=5.5)
- The Book Without Words by Avi (rl=4.4)
- The Case of the Missing Marquess: an Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer (rl=6.6) (mystery)
- Cat Burglar Black by Richard Sala
- Clockwork: or All Wound Up by Phillip Pullman
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman (rl=5.2) (horror)
- The Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein
- The Darkside by Tom Becker
- The Doll in the Garden by Mary Downing Hahn
- The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright
- Don't Look Behind You by Lois Duncan (suspense)
- Dovey Coe by Frances O'Roark Dowell (rl=5.4) (mystery)
- Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan (suspense)
- Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise
- The Empty Mirror by James Lincoln Collier
- The Face in the Bessledorf Funeral Parlor by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (rl=6.4) (humor)
- Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman
- Ghost Dog Secrets by Peg Kehret
- The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler (rl=4.2)
- The Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthis DeFelice (rl=4.9)
- Ghost of a Hanged Man by Vivian Vande Velde
- Ghosts of Mercy Manor by Betty Ren Wright (rl=4.8)
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (horror)
- Haunted Houses by Robert D. San Souci
- Haunted New York: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Empire State by Cheri Revai
- Haunting at Home Plate by Albert Whitman (mystery)
- House on Hackman's Hill by Joan Lowery Nixon (suspense)
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick(mystery)
- The Kidnappers by Willo Davis Roberts (rl=4.8) (suspense)
- The Killer's Cousin by Nancy Werlin (thriller)
- The Last Apprentice: revenge of the witch by Joseph Delaney (horror/suspense)
- The Missing Manatee by Cynthia DeFelice (mystery)
- The Mysterious Howling by MaryRose Woodm (humor)
- The Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine by Diane Stanley
- The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
- Nightmare Mountain by Peg Kehret (suspense)
- The Nightmarys by Dan Poblocki
- The Old Willis Place: a ghost story by Mary Downing Hahn (rl=4.2)
- The Other Side of Dark by Joan Lowery Nixon (rl=4.0) (suspense)
- Out of the Dark by Betty Ren Wright (rl=5.3) (suspense)
- Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man by Wendelin Van Draanen (rl=5.1) (humor mystery)
- Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty
- Seven Dead Pirates: A Ghost Story by Linda Bailey
- Shipwrecks, Monsters, and Mysteries of the Great Lakes by Ed Butts
- The Sisters Grimm: fairy tale detectives by Michael Buckley (rl=5.2)
- Someone at the Door by Richie Cusick (suspense)
- Something Upstairs: A Tale of Ghosts by Avi
- Stolen Children by Peg Kehret (suspense)
- Stonewords: a ghost story by Pam Conrad
- Stranger with My Face by Lois Duncan(suspense)
- Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge: a ghost story by Kathryn Reiss (rl=4.9) (suspense)
- A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
- Teacher's Pet by Richie Cusick (suspense)
- The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans by Rick Geary (graphic novel)
- Trapped in Death Cave by Bill Wallace (rl=4.2) (suspense)
- Trick or Treat by Richie Cusick (suspense)
- Troll's Eye View: a book of villainous tales edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
- Wait Till Helen Comes: a ghost story by Mary Downing Hahn (rl=4.6) (ghosts)
- Witch's Fire by Beverly Butler (rl=6.5) (suspense)